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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Thundafund, the South Africa-based fund-raising body, on Sunday raised over 500,000.00 dalasis, approximately US$10,000, for Gambian businesses barely six months since its launch. This was disclosed in a press release issued by the organization’s office situated in Kanifing in Gambia. “Thundafund launched in the Gambia at the end [...]

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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The Zimbabwe government is evicting thousands of people from an indigenous minority group from their communal land, Human Rights Watch (HR)W said on Saturday. It said on its website that the order affects more than 13,000 people of the Shangani minority. HRW said on 26 February, the Local [...]

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London, UK (PANA) - At least 17,000 health workers have died from COVID-19 over the last year, said Amnesty International, Public Services International (PSI) and UNI Global Union in a new analysis, as the organizations called for urgent action to speed up the vaccination of millions of frontline health workers [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius said on Saturday that eight new local and nine imported cases of Covid-19 were detected in the island in 24 hours. As a result international commercial flights and those to Rodrigues are prohibited from midnight Saturday until 15 March. Speaking to reporters, Health Minister [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following the conclusion of the 2021 Under-20 African Nations Cup (AFCON), here is the list of all the winners since the inception of the competition in 1979. 1.      Nigeria     7 (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, 2015) 2      Ghana     4 (1993, 1999, [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - On the day that their country was celebrating the 64th Independence Day, Ghana's Black Satellites delivered the ultimate gift, wrapped up in the form of the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title after a 2-0 win over debutants Uganda in the final in Nouakchott [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 3 fixtures in the Group stage of the 2020/21 CAF Champions League played on Friday and Saturday across the continent. Group A Al Ahly, Egypt 2-2 AS Vita Club, DR Congo Al Merrikh, Sudan 0-0 Simba, Tanzania Group B Belouizdad, Algeria 1-1 Al Hilal [...]

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